I will ask the LF folks, But please note that RedHat does not actually own, or tried to own Linux as a trademark. RedHat site seems to claims that Enterprise Linux is a registered trademark it is actually not.
Enterprise Linux was filed and abandoned in 2008 by some magazine, RedHat filed Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform which also was abandoned in 2008 and trademark was never granted according to US http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4809:yjpkzi.2.3 http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4809:yjpkzi.2.1 So RedHat is using Linux in the product name without owning the trademark. They also should not have a registration mark against Enterprise Linux on their site as It is not a USA registered trademark. We do need to retain Contrail as trademark not just use it in the product name. Both internal lawyers and LF lawyers had a fit. Trust me I did not give up this fight easily. Greg From: Dev <[email protected]> on behalf of Sachin Bansal <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, November 30, 2017 at 5:38 PM To: Harshad Nakil <[email protected]> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [opencontrail-dev] We need a new name +1 I also see double standards here. They have no problem with Redhat selling a product with ‘Linux’ in its name. Sachin On Nov 30, 2017, at 5:21 PM, Harshad Nakil <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: +1 On Nov 30, 2017, at 5:18 PM, Ashish Ranjan <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I would rather go to Apache foundation or somewhere else if Linux foundation has issues with ‘contrail’. There is no way we should try to rename this and create confusion (and dilute brand). I am not an expert but I see there are many open source projects (like Docker, Kafka) with commercial version. Ashish ________________________________ From: Dev <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of Nachi Ueno <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2017 3:43:51 PM To: Randy Bias; Robert Raszuk Cc: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [opencontrail-dev] We need a new name then how about OpenSurströmming? ( I'm just kidding :) ) BTW, "Contrail" is "hikoki-gumo" or "kousekiun" in Japanese. ________________________________________ From: Randy Bias Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2017 2:58:59 PM To: Robert Raszuk Cc: Gregory Elkinbard; Nachi Ueno; Gasparakis, Joseph; EXT - [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>; [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [opencontrail-dev] We need a new name Yeah. Not a big fan of natto. 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